For centuries, great minds have examined the debate of the Reformation, Scientific Advancement and Explorers between the 16th and 18th centuries. Many events occurred such as, The Heliocentric Theory which was first introduced by Nicholaus Copernicus. He believed that all the planets and stars did not revolve around the earth which is geocentric but instead around the sun. Later, in 1628, William Harvey discovered the function of the heart as a pump and the process in which blood circulates throughout our bodies. All of these events contribute to the idea that the Scientific Revolution impacted our world greatly and helped to advance our knowledge. Thus, The Scientific Revolution is the most important period of time because they changed the
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According to the text “Medicine and the human body” found in The World History Book it states that “British Physician Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox… Jenner discovered that inoculation with germs from a cattle disease called cowpox gave permanent protection from small smallpox in humans.” This evidence demonstrates that Edward Jenner is significant because he discovered that those who had cowpox could not be infected with smallpox which was a widespread disease that killed thousands of people or left hideous scars. He tested his theory on a dairymaid that was infected with cowpox and he injected her with the smallpox and discovered that she was not infected by the disease. This research supports my thesis that the scientific revolution was the most important period because Edward Jenner found a way to prevent a very deadly disease using vaccinations and this gave people new knowledge about how the human body reacts to different diseases. Also before this people had no knowledge of what bacteria was or how to cure diseases so this made people view their bodies …show more content…
In addition, the opposition cites evidence from “Amerigo Vespucci a text by Encyclopedia Britannica. The author maintains that “The Americas are named after the merchant, navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci… Vespucci and scholars first realized that the Americas were indeed a ‘New World’ and not part of Asia as Columbus had taught. This research attempts to prove that without Vespucci there would be a missing piece in Columbus's findings. Columbus had thought that the new world was apart of Asia and not a new world; so if Amerigo had not realized that America was not apart of Asia we might have been called something different
According to the text “Medicine and the human body” found in The World History Book it states that “British Physician Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox… Jenner discovered that inoculation with germs from a cattle disease called cowpox gave permanent protection from small smallpox in humans.” This evidence demonstrates that Edward Jenner is significant because he discovered that those who had cowpox could not be infected with smallpox which was a widespread disease that killed thousands of people or left hideous scars. He tested his theory on a dairymaid that was infected with cowpox and he injected her with the smallpox and discovered that she was not infected by the disease. This research supports my thesis that the scientific revolution was the most important period because Edward Jenner found a way to prevent a very deadly disease using vaccinations and this gave people new knowledge about how the human body reacts to different diseases. Also before this people had no knowledge of what bacteria was or how to cure diseases so this made people view their bodies …show more content…
In addition, the opposition cites evidence from “Amerigo Vespucci a text by Encyclopedia Britannica. The author maintains that “The Americas are named after the merchant, navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci… Vespucci and scholars first realized that the Americas were indeed a ‘New World’ and not part of Asia as Columbus had taught. This research attempts to prove that without Vespucci there would be a missing piece in Columbus's findings. Columbus had thought that the new world was apart of Asia and not a new world; so if Amerigo had not realized that America was not apart of Asia we might have been called something different